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That which creates diversity, and all that can be seen
or known is called Prakriti. Prakriti is also the material
cause or the material out of which everything is made. Prakriti is the
original source of the material world
consisting of three Gunas, and eight basic elements out of which everything in this universe has evolved according to Saamkhya doctrine.
Prakriti is also referred to
as Asat, perishable, body, matter, nature, material nature, Maya, Mahat Brahma,
field, creation, and manifest state. This Prakriti is My lower energy. My other higher
energy is the Purusha by which this entire universe is sustained, O Arjuna. (7.05)
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